10th Grade English

10th Grade ELA Targeted Standards
[RI] Reading Information Strand
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

ELA-10.RI.03 Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.

 Key Ideas and Details: STUDENTS CITE STRONG AND THOROUGH TEXTUAL EVIDENCE as they

• RI9-10.1 Read closely to comprehend texts of grade-level appropriate complexity:    

            a. Determine what the texts says explicitly and implicitly           

            b. Provide an objective summary of the text.

• RI9-10.2 Determine and analyze a theme and/or central idea over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details.

• RI9-10.3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and/or interact over the course of a text.

In addition to expectations of proficiency, student provides consistent evidence of in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught and expected.

The student 

      elicits strong and thorough textual evidence (often cross referencing with other sources) while insightfully analyzing the development of theme(s) development and/or  

      central idea(s) as well as the impact of the author’s choices on structure and development.

The student

• relies on strong and thorough textual evidence while

  • determining what the text says explicitly and implicitly.

  • analyzing the development of theme(s) and/or central idea(s).

  • analyzing the structure of the text and how the author develops individuals, events, and ideas.

• provides an objective summary.  

There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes; however the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.

The student

• summarizes key ideas of a text, but struggles to consistently and relevantly draw from the text to support analysis.

• recognizes or recalls specific terminology that relates to literature, such as:

  • textual evidence, setting, plot, characterization, theme vs. central idea and topic, analysis, summary